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Number of Wireline Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 5.0%
3.5%
1 13.4%
9.6%
2 33.1%
31.2%
3 42.7%
38.1%
4 5.5%
13.2%
5 0.2%
3.0%
6 0.0%
0.9%
7 0.0%
0.3%
8+ 0.0%
0.2%
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Number of Wireless Providers Percent Population   Nationwide
0 0.1%
0.2%
1 0.4%
1.1%
2 1.1%
3.7%
3 1.8%
7.0%
4 3.7%
25.9%
5 28.8%
27.5%
6 22.2%
19.5%
7 22.8%
7.2%
8+ 19.1%
7.9%
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Technology Percent Population   Nationwide
DSL 84.9%
89.5%
Fiber 7.3%
20.5%
Cable 85.1%
87.6%
Wireless 99.7%
99.0%
Other 0.0%
0.0%
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Speed Percent Population   Nationwide
Unreported 0.0%
0.0%
Download > 0.768 Mbps, Upload > 0.2 Mbps 99.8%
99.6%
Download > 3 Mbps, Upload > 0.768 Mbps 98.4%
98.2%
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Broadband
Speed Test (mbps)		 Number of Tests  
Home 39,670
2.4 Median Speed: 5.7 mbps Median Speed: 5.7 mbps 14.2
Schools, Libraries, Community Centers 552
3.2 Median Speed: 13.6 mbps Median Speed: 13.6 mbps 46.7
Medium/Large Business 1,390
2.8 Median Speed: 9.2 mbps Median Speed: 9.2 mbps 28.2
Small Business 2,672
1.4 Median Speed: 2.7 mbps Median Speed: 2.7 mbps 5.9
Mobile 246,788
0.8 Median Speed: 2.1 mbps Median Speed: 2.1 mbps 5.3
Other 333
1.0 Median Speed: 2.8 mbps Median Speed: 2.8 mbps 9.2
25* percentile  median speed (mbps) median speed (mbps)    75* percentile
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0 46.7
Community
Anchor Institutions		 Total Number of Records Subscribe to Broadband  
Yes No ? *
Schools K through 12 10,102 108 4 9,990 97
University, College, other post-secondary 425 102 13 310 98
Libraries 1,188 264 65 859 260
Medical / Healthcare 851 180 22 649 174
Public Safety 2,812 552 61 2,199 543
Community Centers - Government support 687 92 5 590 92
Community Centers - Non-Government support 6 5 0 1 5
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CAI Speed Tiers
BTOP Texas State Funding
Recipient Project Total Award
State Data and Development
Connected Nation (Texas) State Data and Development $8,026,000
Infrastructure
Valley Telephone Cooperat… Rio Grande Valley Fiber Network $15,697,856
Peoples Telephone Coopera… East Texas Medical and Educational Fiber Optic … $28,825,356
University Corporation fo… United States Unified Community Anchor Network … $62,540,162
Texas AandM University Sy… Texas Pipes $6,550,775
ENMR Telephone Cooperativ… ENMR-Plateau Middle Mile $0
Region 18 Education Servi… Connect Southwest Texas $11,946,728
ENMR Telephone Cooperativ… Extending the Middle Mile: ENMR-Plateau Middle … $255,431
Level 3 EON, LLC Expanding Broadband Access Across Texas $4,677,788
Public Computer Centers
City of Brownsville Connect Brownsville $865,920
Mission Economic Developm… Latino Microenterprise Tech Net $876,265
Texas State Library and A… Technology Expertise, Access, and Learning (TEA… $7,955,941
City of El Paso The Virtual Village: Digital El Paso’s Pathwa… $8,395,752
Technology for All, Inc. Texas Connects Coalition $9,588,279
Deaf Action Center of Lou… AccessAmerica Video Remote Interpreting $51,130
Sustainable Adoption
Portland State University Learner Web Partnership: A Multi-State Support … $290,064
Mexican Institute of Grea… Sustainable Broadband Adoption through Training… $2,015,025
Communication Service for… Project Endeavor $14,988,657
One Economy Corporation 21st Century Information and Support Ecosystem:… $28,519,482
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BIP Texas State Funding Summary
Applicant Name Grant Request Loan Request Total Request
Round 1
Wes-Tex Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $16,891,875 $16,891,875 $33,783,750
XIT Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $3,065,440 $0 $3,065,440
Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $0 $0 $0
PRIDE Network, Inc. $6,309,931 $12,811,071 $19,121,002
PRIDE Network, Inc. $21,829,549 $22,720,551 $44,550,100
Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc $38,520,868 $40,093,153 $78,614,021
Round 2
Electronic Corporate Pages Inc $1,306,376 $586,922 $1,893,298
Five Area Telephone Cooperative Inc $2,454,223 $0 $2,454,223
Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $8,563,952 $3,670,265 $12,234,217
Medicine Park Telephone Company $132,645 $133,176 $265,821
Mid-Plains Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $1,388,000 $1,421,000 $2,809,000
Telecom Cable LLC $634,050 $0 $634,050
Windstream Corporation $1,613,509 $0 $1,613,509
Sacenet $7,530,000 $0 $7,530,000
XIT Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $2,112,950 $0 $2,112,950
Echostar XI Operating LLC $14,159,250 $0 $14,159,250
Wildblue Communications $19,533,444 $0 $19,533,444
Hughes Network Systems $58,777,306 $0 $58,777,306
ATSI Communications, Inc. $416,588 $416,588 $833,176
Blossom Telephone Company $1,924,929 $824,970 $2,749,899
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Demographics
Total area (sq miles) 263,321
Population 26,116,284
Housing Units 10,439,662
Age Area (%)   Nationwide
under 5 6.3%
5.2%
5 - 19 23.2%
20.5%
20 - 34 20.8%
19.8%
35 - 59 32.5%
33.6%
60+ 17.2%
21.0%
Race Area (%)   Nationwide
White 60.7%
70.5%
Black 9.8%
11.3%
Hispanic 26.4%
13.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander 3.0%
4.0%
Native American 0.2%
0.5%
Income Area (%)   Nationwide
Median income $57,144 $58,283
Poverty rate 17.7%
15.8%
Below $25k 24.8%
24.1%
$25k-$50k 31.2%
30.0%
$50k-$100k 29.9%
30.6%
$100k-$200k 15.9%
16.5%
$200k or more 4.0%
4.2%
Education Area (%)   Nationwide
High School
graduate		 75.5%
80.0%
Bachelor's
degree or higher		 24.4%
24.8%
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